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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 53 NE 423
Type of record:Monument
Name:Kingswood, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells

Summary

Former Kingswood, now Kingswood Place


Grid Reference:TQ 5934 3946
Map Sheet:TQ53NE
Parish:ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOSPITAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1919 AD (at some time))

Full description

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Former Kingswood, now Kingswood Place, was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital run by Kent/172 at some time during World War 1 until 1919. The original building was demolished to make way for new housing.


Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War.